LED strip lights(soft type), also called as LED tape lights, are rapidly gaining popularity. However, common issues such as voltage drop, color inaccuracies, insufficient lumens, loose cable soldering, and rapid lumen reduction can occur. Thus, it is imperative to test the quality of a sample before proceeding with a mass production order. In this article, we will guide you through the process of testing LED strip lights quality and obtaining crucial quality data swiftly. Please note that this process might require adjustments, such as incorporating additional tests or eliminating certain tests, depending on the circumstances. Nonetheless, this article provides you with a commonly followed procedure.
Testing Structure and Items:
1. Check Appearance
1.1 Check the overall appearance
whether there is physical damage, deformation, scratches, wear, dirt, etc.
1.2 Check the logo and Mark
whether the product model, voltage requirements, safety symbols and other information meet the requirements
2. Check the BOM
2.1 Number of lamp beads per meter
2.2 Length of wire
2.3 Model of adhesive backing
2.4 Connector model
3. Check Soldering Quality
3.1 Soldering quality of lamp beads
3.2 Soldering quality of wires
4. Check the Critical Dimension
4.1 Length of strip light
4.2 Width of strip light
4.3 Cutting length
4.4 Input wiring length and diameter for strip light
5. Spectrum Testing(Integrating Sphere)
5.1 Color Temperature
5.2 Ra and Color Rendering Index
5.3 SDCM
5.4 Test the 1st 1 meter and the last 1 meter
6. IES Testing(Gonio Photometer, optional)
6.1 Light Intensity
6.2 IES file or Ldt file
6.3 Beam Angle
6.4 Lumen and Lumen Efficiency
7. Calculate the drops
7.1 Voltage Drop
7.2 Lumen Drop
8. Safety -Insulation Testing
9. Pull Testing
10. On/Off Testing
11. Aging Testing
12. Thermal Testing(Temperature Grow)
13. Check the Packing
The following pictures are the main contents of our test report, if you want a complete report sample, please contact us.
Note-1:
1. For DC 12v low voltage LED Strip Lights, we test the spectrum data for both the 1st meter of the LED strip lights and the last meter of the LED strip lights.
2. For the RGBW type strip lights, how to test its multiple color spectrum parameters? Which parameters are important? If you are interested in knowing this, welcome to contact us.
Note-2:
This is a 12 volt strip lighting sample, to avoid the effective by voltage drop of the testing instrument, we put an AC-DC driver inside the instrument, so in the report, it shows the test voltage is 220.20V
Above are the testing contents, but you may have more questions as follows:
How to send us samples?
Under normal circumstances, customers will mail samples of LED tape light to our LED light laboratory in Shenzhen. If the sample is from China, it will need 1~3 days of delivering time, if the samle is from the oversea countries, it will take 3~ 7 days around depends on the distance and the logistic company.
How many samples are required?
Normall each model requires 1-3pcs samples. But for the same type of LED tape light with different CCT, we need samples for each CCT to check its spectrum data.
What is the Lead Time for these testings?
Normallly we need 15~ 20 days to finish this testing procedure for led tape lights. However we can offer you some data earlier, such as the spectrum data, we can test it in advance.
As a third-party quality inspection company, we are equipped to safeguard the quality of your LED Lighting products. Our services encompass professional quality inspections, sample testing, and assessments of factory capabilities to provide you with peace of mind regarding product excellence.
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